As if leaving a half-trillion dollar budget deficit for the next administration wasn’t enough. This morning, President Bush signed into law a $300-billion bailout for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. He had threatened to veto the bill because it included… Continue Reading
Plenty of spoilers here, in case you’ve not seen The Dark Knight. But on the other hand, if you read either entertainment or political columns on blogs, you’ve probably seen this stuff already. Here’s my take on it. Somehow, an… Continue Reading
A sitting United States Senator, the highest-ranking Republican elected official in the state of Iowa, would seem to be a natural choice to lead the Iowa state delegation at the Republican National Convention. But Charles Grassley will not even be… Continue Reading
In a brief but provocative essay, George Mason University historian Rick Shenkman plugs his new book How Stupid Are We?: Facing The Truth About The American Voter with an exceedingly cynical and, in my opinion, piercingly accurate observation: Americans refer… Continue Reading
Pot. Ganga. Weed. Chronic. Cannabis. The Sacrament. Hash. Skunk. Dope. Bud. Roach. Four-Twenty. Doobage. Reefer. Grass. Herb. Wacky Tobacci. Mary Jane. The list of euphemisms is thousands of entries long, but you know what I’m talking about — marijuana, that… Continue Reading
I got this “open letter” in my e-mail today, from United Airlines. It would seem that the airlines are calling for regulation of the oil market in an effort to reduce the skyrocketing cost of their fuel. If I’ve uploaded… Continue Reading
John McCain has made no bones about not being very knowledgeable about economic issues, particularly as compared to his oeuvre* in foreign policy and military matters. So when he takes on Social Security and says it’s a “disgrace,” he earns… Continue Reading
You get a lot of “special” people who show up at the courthouse. Take this guy. He needed a place to park. The guy who could have parked in the spot next to him did not have that need. Never… Continue Reading
This editorial got me thinking about what a bunch of spineless p***ies we have in Sacramento. They won’t stand up to any kind of special interest but instead shovel out the state dollars at them. And the Governator won’t stand… Continue Reading
At long, long last — four months after it was promised — our stimulus money arrived today. Woo hoo. Undeserved money drawn from public debt in an improbable attempt to salvage the economic legacy of a failed government. But, like… Continue Reading